Defense minister vows to apprehend killers

“This is a painful hour for the Fraenkel, Shaar, and Yifrach families,” Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon says in a statement. “The heavy sorrow draped over them is draped over the entire nation. It is draped over parents, who coped in a way that aroused admiration and displayed a fortitude in the face of the missing boys, affording the IDF, the Shin Bet, and the Israel Police the strength to continue on with the search until its bitter end.”

After thanking the different arms of the defense establishment he adds, “We see Hamas as responsible for the kidnapping and the murder, and we will know how to settle the score with it. We will continue to pursue the murderers of the teens and we shall not rest or be still until we lay hands on them. And so it will be.”

— Mitch Ginsburg